Weather Records on 4 September 1962

733 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1962. Highest significance: Mettupalayam, IN.

Key Facts for 4 September 1962

On 4 September 1962, 733 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 341 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 720 daily.
Mettupalayam set a daily record precipitation of 93.1 mm (3.7 in) on 4 September 1962.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

733 stations

733 station records on 4 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Langvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown Dam 49	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Siksjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flat Top	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zegveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sodam	India	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

733 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 209, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	209
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 720.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1962

Top 20 records on 4 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1962	Mettupalayam, IN	daily rain	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1962	Palamner, IN	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Schellingwoude, NL	monthly rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Satyavedu, IN	monthly rain	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Lisse, NL	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Langvattnet, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Greenville 2 W, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Amsterdam, NL	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Princeton, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Kanjirapally, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Newburgh L&D, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Uniontown Dam 49, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Chengannur, IN	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1962	Tasgaon, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1962. 1962 had 733 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

Download the Data

Data for records on 1962-09-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	568
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2